Edward C. Mele was born on December 21, 1915 and was raised in Louisiana. At age 25, he went to a night school in New Orleans for accounting. When he was 27 he entered full term service for the Air Force. He attended San Marcos Air Force field in New Mexico before being transferred to the South Pacific to become part of the 20^th Air Force. While deployed there, he also became separated from his command and later found his way back. On November 8^th, 1945 he was honorably discharged from the military as a Master Sergeant of the 680^th Bomb Squadron.

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